Etymology

santo

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Today it means: A wooden or ivory statue of a saint, angel or other religious figure, found in Spain and former Spanish colonies. Full definition →

Spanish santo ← Old Spanish santo ← Latin sānctus
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santo · noun1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*seh₂k-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sh₂nékti
  3. Proto-Italic*sankiō
  4. Proto-Italic*sanktos
  5. Latinsānctus
  6. Old Spanishsancto
  7. Old Spanishsanto
  8. Spanishsanto
  9. English todaysanto

Borrowed from Spanish santo.

Santo · proper noun2

  1. Romance · borrowed fromSanto
  2. English todaySanto

From Romance.

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